Detroit coach Jim Caldwell said the star wide receiver is expected to play Friday against Jacksonville, according to MLive.com.

"We plan to get him some work this week," Caldwell said, according to the report. "That's (Monday) that I'm telling you that. Toward the end of the week, something adjusts, or we have to adjust here and there, and it could be that with a number of different guys, but we plan to get him some work this week."

Plans to start Johnson on Friday will hinge on what transpires this week in practice even though the wide receiver is fully recovered from surgeries on his knee and finger.